CPDP Panel Photo: Isabelle Pérignon isabelle (European Commission), Linn Høgåsen (Forbrukerrådet), Felix H. (Mastodon) and Vid Logar (independent expert)
Article Panoptykon at CPDP 2026: Fair, sovereign and authentically personalised. A benchmark for digital services made in Europe Panoptykon will be present at the CPDP conference in Brussels this season with a panel on digital fairness and consumer empowerment. Panoptykon’s president Katarzyna Szymielewicz will lead the discussion featuring DG Justice and Norwegian Consumer Council. Text
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Report ‘Democracy on Wiretap’ Report Spyware today is one of the most significant threats to democracy, human rights, and cybersecurity in the European Union and worldwide. Text
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Article DSA vs. Reality: Are children safer online? What needs to be done to make social media a safer space for people of all ages? Text
Article 10 Reasons Why Online Advertising is Broken The online advertising economy is not a win-win situation, despite what the ad industry claims. Here are 10 reasons why. Text
Guide Behavioural Advertising 101 A brief introduction to the types of ads we encounter online — and what they know about us Text
Grafika przedstawiająca zbiornik retencyjny z osobą wspinającą się na jego szczyt po drabince Article No control over surveillance by Polish intelligence agencies. ECHR demands explanations from the government The European Court of Human Rights demanded the Polish government to provide an explanation in the case of surveillance by intelligence agencies. Text
Article First court decision in SIN vs Facebook: the internet giant must not restrict the organisation’s activities in its services The District Court in Warsaw, in its interim measures ruling, has temporarily prohibited Facebook from removing fanpages, profiles and groups run by SIN (a Polish NGO) on Facebook and Instagram, as well as from blocking individual posts. This means that – at least until the case is decided – SIN’s… Text
Article The right to explanation of creditworthiness assessment – first such law in Europe Thanks to Panoptykon’s initiative bank customers in Poland will have the right to receive explanation of their creditworthiness. It’s the first right of this kind in Europe and a higher standard than the one envisioned in the GDPR. Text
Article Personal Democracy Forum 2019: In Whom We Trust Who Targets Me (us) and What Can I (we) Do About It – Katarzyna Szymielewicz’s speech at the 2019 edition of Personal Democracy Forum is already available o Text
Article Will the GDPR serve its purpose? Three difficult lessons after its first year Legal regulations take shape by practice. The GDPR - as a legal document - was born in 2016. After two years of incubation it was thrown into the market. A year later, many are curious to see whether it can swim. But the expectations were higher. We wanted it to change the whole ecosystem, change… Text
Article SIN v Facebook: tech giant sued over private censorship in landmark case in Poland On 7 May 2019 Spoleczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative, “SIN”), supported by the Panoptykon Foundation, filed a lawsuit against Facebook in a strategic litigation aimed at fighting private censorship on the Internet. Online platforms act as the ‘gatekeepers’ to… Text
Article Panoptykon’s complaints against IAB and Google referred to lead authorities in Belgium and Ireland The Polish DPA decided that Panoptykon’s complaints against IAB Europe and Google, who are responsible for the functioning of targeted advertising, have a cross-border character, which means that they affect data subjects residing not only in Poland. In order to ensure a consistent application of… Text